Date: 11-04-2006
Weather: Clear, cool, dry
Time: 5:30AM
Nearest City: Cross Roads
State: Texas
I arrived at the site on the opening day of deer season at about 4:30 a.m. I parked my truck about 1/4 mile from the deerstand. At about 5:30 a.m. I left the truck and walked to the deerstand with my rifle and backpack which contained my supplies. It was still dark and there was no moon. I used a light on my cap to light the way and I had the light on a green tint. On arriving at the stand, I entered the back of the stand and climbed into it I rested my rifle in a corner of the stand and took a seat and began to sort through my backpack to get my ammunition and knife and to put my light away. I was at this point that I heard the first sound. It sounded like squirrel chatter but was stronger and louder tone. I stopped moving and noticed that it seemed to come from the direction of the deer feeder. I listened and the sound stopped. I then heard the same type of “chatter” coming from behind my stand and in the woods. This seemed to elicit another response from the source at the deer feeder. I took a night vision, starlight scope (first generation) and tried to see if I could get a glimpse of the source by the deer feeder. I had not checked the battery in the scope and found that it was weak and I could not get an image. This chatter went on for about 5 minutes and it then stopped. Again the source at the deer feeder sounded less mature and had a higher tone than the one behind me which sounded deeper.
It really seemed as if they were communicating with each other. I have hunted small and large game all my life and have never heard these sounds in the woods. I hunt alone, most of the time, and have no trepidation in hunting in deep woods or in areas where others might not attempt to hunt. I always have a rifle, a large caliber revolver, and a hunting knife and feel that I can handle almost any situation. I have had some unusual experiences while hunting but this is the strangest. I feel chills when I heard these sounds especially when it seemed that the two sources were in communication with each other.
